About this season
Written and presented by Martin Gilbert, Sir Winston Churchill's official biographer and the author of Churchill: A Life, The Complete Churchill is a treasury of rare newsreel clips and interviews with Churchill's family, staff, and political contemporaries, both the supporters and the detractors.
Episodes (4)
1. Renegade and Turncoat
Aired 21 October 1991 • 50 min
This episode surveys Winston Churchill's early life through his schooling, the Boer Wars, the First World War, and his lecture tour in America.
2. To Conquer or To Die
Aired 15 January 1992 • 50 min
This episode focuses on the life of Winston Churchill during the crisis years of 1940 and 1941 as England endured the Blitz of World War II.
3. Beginning of the End
Aired 2 February 1992 • 50 min
This episode focuses on the life of Winston Churchill from Jan. 1942 to the end of World War II. It includes the Yalta Conference with Roosevelt and Stalin.
4. Never Despair
Aired 29 March 1992 • 50 min
This episode focuses on the life of Winston Churchill after the war, as he faces political defeat, re-election and is knighted by the Queen.